Himachal farmers seek better price for produce

Mandi, September 8

Kisan Sabha held a protest march here today to seek remunerative price for their produce. The protest was led by Kisan Sabha under the leadership Som Dev Sharma, the state president of Kisan Sabha.

Tek Chand Thakur, district president of Kisan Sabha, said although schemes were being run by the Centre, the main issue, which has become a cause of unrest among the farmers, is that they are not getting cost based remunerative price for their produce.

“Despite the minimum support price (MSP) being in place, the farmers get low price for their produce in the markets. Prices of agriculture produces were always kept under control, due to which an independent market system could not develop,” he said.

“Now agricultural inputs are getting expensive but the MSP has not been changed progressively,” he added. — TNS

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